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I don’t blame the elites. I blame the people who were in place with the power to restrict the elite’s behaviour. Corrupt, incompetent or inconsequent politicia
by holografix 7y ago
I don’t blame the elites. I blame the people who were in place with the power to restrict the elite’s behaviour.
Corrupt, incompetent or inconsequent politicians can not be rewarded with re-elections they need to be voted out. However when the population stops believing that any political party presents a credible choice we get populists. We get the “non-politicians”.
Of course they solve nothing. They’re worse than the established politicians.
- pas 7y agoThere were ... really no one to reign in the elites. That's why they are the elites. Only a subgroup of them can meaningfully challenge a different subgroup of elites. (Not counting revolutions, and other serious regime changes.) Alas the re-election rate is astoundingly high. There's no consequence for being a sellout. Populism thrives on these imbeciles.